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haw littidtt published by krider 8c bingham aia&ll\rai tgmhax s^yty^uyeiu itt 1s20 vol \ no ir the wbstbrk cawilinian is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the end of six months jj^no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages ar paid unless at the discretion of tbe eclitcirs whoever will become responsible for the payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratis advertisements will be inserted on the customary terms too often delude youth like tbe evanescing cloud 1 located myself under the patronage of influen tial men ; but either becoming wearied with their civilities which were only shown in our casual interviews or in my amours to their connexions they discarded mc for i was neither fastidious nor querulous pressing nor obtrusive mortified at this change in their conduct i secluded myself from their sight for genius like the beautiful flowers which adorn the garden requires culture and the sun of patronage â€” without these how ever rich the soil it will pine and wither in thc shade of neglect some talents there arc like those of ihe immortal burns which may be con sidered as field-flowers â€” as the mountain-daisy cheerfully glinting forth above the storm or the wild-violet which " wastes its sweetness on the desert air ;" or like the great savage who spurned by his relatives lowers aloft in imagina tion and corrects by the hand of reason but these are few in number for the most part where genius puts forth the blossom of promise in a young mind some kind patron cultivates the tender plant by bestowing on its growing capa city some incentives and at some future period it depends on the great for support and for be ing brought to maturity far different was the lot of the recluse : " his body independent as his soul without friend to patronise or acquaint ance to recommend hc struggled hard both to avoid sc.ylla ancl l.hurybdis ; and his exertions have proved so fortunate that he can now sit down in calm quietness and muse with delight on past scenes ; though it often occurs to him that there cannot be a nobler office than that of pat ronising talent in every branch it is often done from the purest motives of philanthropy and a love of science ; but still oftener from pride and thc love of flattery this last character is too contemptible for remark while the first is to be lauded for his exertions in the liehl of wisdom though often to be pitied for the sacrifice of in dependence at the shrine of imperial ignorance or of assumed haughtiness talent ought how ever surely to elevate the possessor so far lhat ; the man shall become ennobled by the bright gem which he wears in his mind as we often see insignificance raised into importance from the lustre of his decorations by wbich alone he is recognised or acknowledged it is the intention of these essays to strike at folly without wounding individuals : to give tbe scene but spare the actor so that upon every occasion personality will be most sedulously avoided r o blend the useful with the agreea ble and cheat care of as many moments as pos sible are the primary views of such place as should be selected ancl procured the agents were furnished with implements and tools ancl authorized to take with them a compe tent number of mechanics and laborers of free colored people to pet form the work necessary to carry into effect the humane ancl important pro visions of the law it is this part of the law i propose now to consider â€” anel in discharging this duty i shall endeavor to shew that it is not only the most efficient ancl useful measure of that gen eral plan or system which has been adopted or proposed for the suppression of the slave trade but lhat it lays the best grounded the only sure foundation for preventing its revival when sup pressed ; and if judiciously managed and per severingly pursued will be productive of exten sive and lasting benefit to africa let it be distinctly understood and borne in mind that in this view of lhe subject and in re lation to thc measures of government the settle ment on the coast of africa is entirely distinct from colonization thc settlement is made upon different principles ancl for a different object there is no doubt from the character of the agents and lhc obvious interest ol the govern ment they represent thut every effort will be made to instruct the africans put under the care of the agents to train then to habits of ineius try and to teach them agriculture and the nn chanic its and to give tbem such other instruc tion as will enable them to support themselves and to prepare them for becoming useful mem bers of society and a blessing to their country these and many other benefits incidentally arise from the establishment ancl strongly re commend it to our approbation ancl support yet the main object is to receive safely keep ancl support the captured africans committed to their care the settlement istobc made vvith thc ap probation of the local authority whatever that may be and is specific and limited in its object and duration it is to continue no longer than the exigencies of the law may require after these pieliminary remarks 1 proceed to enquire in what manner could the laws for thc suppression of the slave trade have been so ben eficially ancl economically executed ? thc armed vessels of the united slates have been ordered to cruise against and capture all american vessels and citizens engaged in ibis traffic . some have been captured anel brought into the united states ancl several have been taken on our shores how then are you to dispose of those who have been thus taken or who may hereafter be taken ? tbey are human beings antl you must treat them as such you cannot dispose of them as bales of goods unless provision he made for tbeir re ception by an establishment similar to tiie one above mentioned they must either be landed in africa ancl suffered to shift i'or themselves there or they must be brought into the united states and cither bc sold as slaves be supported by thc government oi hc thrown loose upon society to provide for themselves ol.sfl'vkh extraordinary case it is a singular fact says tho new-york com mercial advertiser that of the numerous chil dren of the late king of great britain not one of them has a legitimate child living except the lute duke of kent who has left an infant daughter should thc present king bc taken away un crown would pass to the duke of york and froi . him to thc duke of clarence sec ; ancl ultimate ly unlem the duke of clarence should yet havo an heir or sonic other ofthe royal family be ei fortunate as to have male issue the infant child above mentioned will probably come to the throne it is nol unlikely that the anxiety of the ministry to divorce the present queen may arise from an expectation that the king would marry some one of thc german princesses and thus possibly prevent any difficulties that might arise in tbe succession of the crown it has even been hinted in some of the foreign papers that in the event of a divorce of thc present queen his majesty would bc invited by parlia ment to many one ofthe austrian arch-dutch esses of whom there are three or four single no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity _ cj"ah letters to tbe editors must be post-paid or they will nothc atteiveleelto peach trees the cultivation of this tree has become very interesting to gardeners in the vicinity of tl is city a very simple mode of preserving and restoring them when apparently nearly destroyed j.y the disease so fatal to them in this quarter nnd commonly called the " yellows has bcen accidentally discovered by a gentleman in this there is little doubt that the present king was privately married by a catholic priest to mrs rilzlierbert before he married caroline of bruns wick the duke of sussex was also married at home in i78.j to lady murray a son ali gn ilu s frederick aged about 2 3 and a daugh ter were the fruits of this connexion both marriages however were illegal as being in vi olation ofthe statute of 17tj which among oth er things " lo guard effectually the descendant of his lale majesty king george the 2d other than the issue of princesses wb have married or hereafter may marry into i'orciini families from marrying without the approbation ol his present majesty his heirs or successors cnacte i that no descendant ofthe body of his late niajts ty other than the princesses who have married or may hereafter marry into foreign families shall be capable of contracting matrimony with out the previous consent of lis majesty bis heirs or successors signified under thc great seal anel declared in council which consf nt to preserve the memory thereof is to be set oui in the li cence and register marriage and to be entered into the books of the privy council ami that every marriage of any such descendant without such consent shall be void ami null " city a statement ot the fact as it occurred will convey all necessary information : â€” in the fall of 1818 a very fine tree standing in his yard was apparently dead fiom the effects of tht above mentioned disease throughout the fall and winter very large quantities of common wood ashes were casually thrown by the servants about the root of the tree to the astonishment of all vvho had seen it the preceding fall it put forih its leaves vigorously the next season and bore abun dance of fine fruit a small quantity of wood ashes was again thrown round its root last full and the tree is now so full of fine fruit that it has become necessary to prop it up this is a very simple remedy and certainly worthy of trial a'ew york gaz for the western caholi.n1 av patrons in day of yore were men of sense were men of ta3te and had a fair pretence to rule in letters some of them were heard co read oil hand and never spell a word .- our patrons are of ejuite a different strain with neither sense nor taste ; against the grain they patronise for fashion's sake â€” no more ofthe five daughters of the late king iii ing but two have been married ancl neither have is sue the princess royal was married in i7d7 lo lhe late king of wirtemberg she became a widow in 1816 the princess maiy was mar ried in is 16 to her cousin the duke of gloucos ter lt has been remarked by the immortal specta tor that a reader seldom perused a book with pleasure until he knew whether the writer was a black or a fair man ofa mild or choleric dispo sition mariied or a bachelor wiih many other particulars that conduce very much to thc grat ification or displeasure of him who knows to i mostwillingly the hl.cluse wc have just opened a late london examiner which brings an extraordinary case before the public in relation to a more remote branch of the royal family than those of whom we have bcen speaking the editor states that he litis seen a regular succession of documents which have fully convinced him that thc late duke of cumberland a brother of george iii was actu ally married to a clergyman's daughter previous ly to his acknowledged union with mrs horton , that a child was born of this first marriage which was of course legal thc act of parliament quote tl above not having been then passed ; that it wan solemnly agreed for reasons of slate not to diiv e lose the marriage ancl its fruits during the lib time of the late king ; and that the ollspring of the marriage if living is entitled to the same princely honors as are enjoyed by the daoghtci ofthe late duke of gloucester who married the e emntcss of waldcgrave the documents tho london editor says are signed with thc uamtt of the clergyman in question who it is observed married his child to the duke â€” ofthe late earl of warwick as having been present at the mar riage ancl privy to the birth â€” of the late earl of hai hum â€” and not to mention another still mote curious of his royal highness the late duke of kent ; who writes a little before his death that he will see his cousin righted if he recover the illness under which hc is lhen laboring â€” what renders these documents the more stri king is that a formidable mystery of junius is closely concerned in them ancl certainly there ii u passage in one of his letters which woulel seem to be explained by tlie fact thev profess to re cord since reading this article wc have turn ed over the pages of junius and find attached to n 102 of his miscellaneous letters which was addressed to the duke of cumberland on his piariiage with col luttrcll's sister mr horton who was thc daughter of lord carhampton a note which was hist wiittcn by junius and in scrteel in woodfall's public advertiser announ cing ihis marriage in this note junius says - " it is now happily for this country within the limits of possibility thai a luttiell may be kin cl great-britain " fhom the natioval uft_.tyloshcj.lt on the slave trade no iv subscribe and shall proceed to put my readers in possession of such facts relative to myself as may give the readers of these essays an interest iq their perusal i should in the first number have given this biographical sketch of myself but unconscious of the reception with which it would meet 1 was inclined like a judicious commander to take the most eligible station at thc commencement ; but since seeing your note to " correspondents i am inspired vvith confidence to make the attempt suppose then to yourself one whose years bave imperceptibly rolled away in the various avocations not of a man of business but of fdsh ion ; and whose looking-glass does not begin to create unpleasant sensations though at the same time it reminds him that there is an end to all thc consideration of the slave trade and means of prevention continued it is well known that in the year 1807 con gress passed a law to prohibit the introduction of slaves into thc united states to take effect on the 1st day of january 1808 before which pe riod congress were restrained by a prohibitory clause in the constitution from passing such a law this law was found to be very defective and inefficient a supplemental law was passed in april 1818 to remedy the defects of the for mer law from the still existing defects in the laws or ol their defective execution or from the difliciiiiy of fully executing any law on the sub ject solely by fines penalties anel forfeitures or perhaps from ihosc combined causes american capital ships anel citizens continued io be em ployed in this traffic ancl even to increase in amount and extent on the 3d of march 1819 another act was passed on this subject authori sing the president to employ the armed vessels of tbe united states to cruise on the coasts of thc united states and africa and elsewhere to prevent the slave trade ; and extending the bounty for the capture of vessels and for the release of the slaves found on board ; and to the previous measures which had been adopted on this subject adds this additional new and important one to wit authorizing the president to appoint an agent or agents on lhc coast of africa for receiving the persons of color delivered from on board ves vels seized in prosecution of the slave trade by commanders of the u s armed vessels when taken on tbc coast of africa ; anel for the remo val of such as shall be brought or taken within the u slates to their care ; ancl providing for the safe keeping ancl support of those who shall bc so delivered to thc agents in execution ol this part of the law the president appointed sam uel liacon and john p haiikson agents for the purposes above mentioned the ship elizabeth which sailed from new-york in february last was chartered by the government of the united states to convey lhc agents to afiica and directions were given them to select and procure a suitable situation on that coast for ibe receiving safe keeping ami supporting the raptured africans who should be delivered to them under tlie orders or authority of the united sutes and in or der ii enable the agents to provieii and prepare proper accommodations fur he siipjw.it protec tion ami comfort f such u.-f*i a.'k.vs a vho.m the tastkrn maine altous thc british icing's popularity says the editor of the ccntincl bus not materially lessened so we think it has not materially diminished fifteen years ago a com mon toast in england was " the prince of h'ales may he never want a father â€” he is vai-ly as popular now lis he was then j except that then he bad sonic credit lor polit ical consistency and for fidelity in his political attach ments sine that he has shewn that be can discard all bis earliest and firmest political friends friends that l^id supported him for more than thirty years rather than give 14 an adulterous connexion uith the wife cit the lord of thc be d-chamber â€” since that Â«'\ nt his political und mor al character have stood about on a level ami since that time lis popiilaril has not materially diminished things i am too old to be an exquisite or a yoxcomb ; yet not old enough to sigh over thc past i was like thc hero of don quixote once belightcti with the company of the fair sex ; but disappointed love has blunted my taste â€” as hor ace says co in of chancetty when mr erskine was one day pressing 1 thc case ofa client with great earnestness hi the court of king's bench lord ellcnborough a little provoked nt h's perseverance durum est ainure durior est amarc et rem amari sed diirissirouni omnium est non frui se amata observed to him that his client might carry his case into chancery has your lordship replied mr erskine the heart to send a feuoio-creaturtt there ? the force of mr erskine's observation will be understood from tbe cast of sir watkin lewis he has a case now ir the high court of chancery that has been pending 47 years thirty years ago the present lord chancellor acted as counsellor for lntii in tbc court of exchequer â€” the prop erty which he will be cnti'.le-il to receive when the case is decided is g35,0o0 sterling in the mean time sir watkin is a prisoner for debt in the fleet prison the last time the cose was mentioned in chancery the noble lord told him that his upper to the house of lords should be laid before the committee of appeal with all possible dispatch he has another case 4 the court of exchequer in which lit has property to the amount of 7sfiq0 â– about one-tenth of ihs sum would relieve him from his tt may easily be conceived that such a man has experienced ab the vicissitudes of life â€” with these his account must necessarily be filled ancl it would be much more possible for him to spend his life as a recluse than bask in thc gaudy sun shine of the butterfly as a time will come when the fire of youth will decay â€” the warmth of friendship succeed to the flame of love and the glow formerly arising from the relish for society survive the ardent pursuit of retired pleasure such a man will certainly be thc hero of his tale â€¢ s will as his domain there will naturally be lather more distance and retirement in his habits even though remaining in the midst of the world than there was when he was an actor rather than :Â« looker-on ; and although prone to telling his own tale hc vvill have learnt enough from bis previous intercourse vvith the world how to listen and how to observe embarrassments the lives of his wife and daughter have fallen a sacrifice to the vexations of this long suit in chancery lhc letter of thc duke lo which this note is added is dated nov 13 1771 ; and the communi i ation wa most likely published about the same time in letter 6f however of the regular se ries of junius in which be is extremely bitter upon the duke on account of this matriagc he says upon his own vehement ipse dixit that â€¢' .. luitreli sfriu never succeed to the crown uf i-'ii land this pul-lta rt'c was dated kwejtnfcieti '# Â» i must next state the reasons v.hv i have with drawn myself from the busy turmoils of a noisy world : when quite young i left my parents for the purpose of earning my bread by t^ie sweat of my bi'oiy though not th.fa.-t i had rnmjrif-ted my collegiate studies as well its having ob'aiticd m ' 4<!ote_j.ion under thc iltu-uu prospects wiit s i the english paper mention this case without any marks of ensure or even surprise the truth is that such occurrences are too common in england to excite wonder and yet there arc p ople u this country veiio would persuade us that the english system of law ** ia , th moat atufetuhua fabric mfttl â™¦â€¢.-.â€¢/-' v -â€¢ â€¢.:.:

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haw littidtt published by krider 8c bingham aia&ll\rai tgmhax s^yty^uyeiu itt 1s20 vol \ no ir the wbstbrk cawilinian is published every tues day at three dollars per annum payable at the end of six months jj^no paper will be discontinued until all arrearages ar paid unless at the discretion of tbe eclitcirs whoever will become responsible for the payment of nine papers shall receive a tenth gratis advertisements will be inserted on the customary terms too often delude youth like tbe evanescing cloud 1 located myself under the patronage of influen tial men ; but either becoming wearied with their civilities which were only shown in our casual interviews or in my amours to their connexions they discarded mc for i was neither fastidious nor querulous pressing nor obtrusive mortified at this change in their conduct i secluded myself from their sight for genius like the beautiful flowers which adorn the garden requires culture and the sun of patronage â€” without these how ever rich the soil it will pine and wither in thc shade of neglect some talents there arc like those of ihe immortal burns which may be con sidered as field-flowers â€” as the mountain-daisy cheerfully glinting forth above the storm or the wild-violet which " wastes its sweetness on the desert air ;" or like the great savage who spurned by his relatives lowers aloft in imagina tion and corrects by the hand of reason but these are few in number for the most part where genius puts forth the blossom of promise in a young mind some kind patron cultivates the tender plant by bestowing on its growing capa city some incentives and at some future period it depends on the great for support and for be ing brought to maturity far different was the lot of the recluse : " his body independent as his soul without friend to patronise or acquaint ance to recommend hc struggled hard both to avoid sc.ylla ancl l.hurybdis ; and his exertions have proved so fortunate that he can now sit down in calm quietness and muse with delight on past scenes ; though it often occurs to him that there cannot be a nobler office than that of pat ronising talent in every branch it is often done from the purest motives of philanthropy and a love of science ; but still oftener from pride and thc love of flattery this last character is too contemptible for remark while the first is to be lauded for his exertions in the liehl of wisdom though often to be pitied for the sacrifice of in dependence at the shrine of imperial ignorance or of assumed haughtiness talent ought how ever surely to elevate the possessor so far lhat ; the man shall become ennobled by the bright gem which he wears in his mind as we often see insignificance raised into importance from the lustre of his decorations by wbich alone he is recognised or acknowledged it is the intention of these essays to strike at folly without wounding individuals : to give tbe scene but spare the actor so that upon every occasion personality will be most sedulously avoided r o blend the useful with the agreea ble and cheat care of as many moments as pos sible are the primary views of such place as should be selected ancl procured the agents were furnished with implements and tools ancl authorized to take with them a compe tent number of mechanics and laborers of free colored people to pet form the work necessary to carry into effect the humane ancl important pro visions of the law it is this part of the law i propose now to consider â€” anel in discharging this duty i shall endeavor to shew that it is not only the most efficient ancl useful measure of that gen eral plan or system which has been adopted or proposed for the suppression of the slave trade but lhat it lays the best grounded the only sure foundation for preventing its revival when sup pressed ; and if judiciously managed and per severingly pursued will be productive of exten sive and lasting benefit to africa let it be distinctly understood and borne in mind that in this view of lhe subject and in re lation to thc measures of government the settle ment on the coast of africa is entirely distinct from colonization thc settlement is made upon different principles ancl for a different object there is no doubt from the character of the agents and lhc obvious interest ol the govern ment they represent thut every effort will be made to instruct the africans put under the care of the agents to train then to habits of ineius try and to teach them agriculture and the nn chanic its and to give tbem such other instruc tion as will enable them to support themselves and to prepare them for becoming useful mem bers of society and a blessing to their country these and many other benefits incidentally arise from the establishment ancl strongly re commend it to our approbation ancl support yet the main object is to receive safely keep ancl support the captured africans committed to their care the settlement istobc made vvith thc ap probation of the local authority whatever that may be and is specific and limited in its object and duration it is to continue no longer than the exigencies of the law may require after these pieliminary remarks 1 proceed to enquire in what manner could the laws for thc suppression of the slave trade have been so ben eficially ancl economically executed ? thc armed vessels of the united slates have been ordered to cruise against and capture all american vessels and citizens engaged in ibis traffic . some have been captured anel brought into the united states ancl several have been taken on our shores how then are you to dispose of those who have been thus taken or who may hereafter be taken ? tbey are human beings antl you must treat them as such you cannot dispose of them as bales of goods unless provision he made for tbeir re ception by an establishment similar to tiie one above mentioned they must either be landed in africa ancl suffered to shift i'or themselves there or they must be brought into the united states and cither bc sold as slaves be supported by thc government oi hc thrown loose upon society to provide for themselves ol.sfl'vkh extraordinary case it is a singular fact says tho new-york com mercial advertiser that of the numerous chil dren of the late king of great britain not one of them has a legitimate child living except the lute duke of kent who has left an infant daughter should thc present king bc taken away un crown would pass to the duke of york and froi . him to thc duke of clarence sec ; ancl ultimate ly unlem the duke of clarence should yet havo an heir or sonic other ofthe royal family be ei fortunate as to have male issue the infant child above mentioned will probably come to the throne it is nol unlikely that the anxiety of the ministry to divorce the present queen may arise from an expectation that the king would marry some one of thc german princesses and thus possibly prevent any difficulties that might arise in tbe succession of the crown it has even been hinted in some of the foreign papers that in the event of a divorce of thc present queen his majesty would bc invited by parlia ment to many one ofthe austrian arch-dutch esses of whom there are three or four single no advertisement inserted until it has been paid for or its payment assumed by some person in this town or its vicinity _ cj"ah letters to tbe editors must be post-paid or they will nothc atteiveleelto peach trees the cultivation of this tree has become very interesting to gardeners in the vicinity of tl is city a very simple mode of preserving and restoring them when apparently nearly destroyed j.y the disease so fatal to them in this quarter nnd commonly called the " yellows has bcen accidentally discovered by a gentleman in this there is little doubt that the present king was privately married by a catholic priest to mrs rilzlierbert before he married caroline of bruns wick the duke of sussex was also married at home in i78.j to lady murray a son ali gn ilu s frederick aged about 2 3 and a daugh ter were the fruits of this connexion both marriages however were illegal as being in vi olation ofthe statute of 17tj which among oth er things " lo guard effectually the descendant of his lale majesty king george the 2d other than the issue of princesses wb have married or hereafter may marry into i'orciini families from marrying without the approbation ol his present majesty his heirs or successors cnacte i that no descendant ofthe body of his late niajts ty other than the princesses who have married or may hereafter marry into foreign families shall be capable of contracting matrimony with out the previous consent of lis majesty bis heirs or successors signified under thc great seal anel declared in council which consf nt to preserve the memory thereof is to be set oui in the li cence and register marriage and to be entered into the books of the privy council ami that every marriage of any such descendant without such consent shall be void ami null " city a statement ot the fact as it occurred will convey all necessary information : â€” in the fall of 1818 a very fine tree standing in his yard was apparently dead fiom the effects of tht above mentioned disease throughout the fall and winter very large quantities of common wood ashes were casually thrown by the servants about the root of the tree to the astonishment of all vvho had seen it the preceding fall it put forih its leaves vigorously the next season and bore abun dance of fine fruit a small quantity of wood ashes was again thrown round its root last full and the tree is now so full of fine fruit that it has become necessary to prop it up this is a very simple remedy and certainly worthy of trial a'ew york gaz for the western caholi.n1 av patrons in day of yore were men of sense were men of ta3te and had a fair pretence to rule in letters some of them were heard co read oil hand and never spell a word .- our patrons are of ejuite a different strain with neither sense nor taste ; against the grain they patronise for fashion's sake â€” no more ofthe five daughters of the late king iii ing but two have been married ancl neither have is sue the princess royal was married in i7d7 lo lhe late king of wirtemberg she became a widow in 1816 the princess maiy was mar ried in is 16 to her cousin the duke of gloucos ter lt has been remarked by the immortal specta tor that a reader seldom perused a book with pleasure until he knew whether the writer was a black or a fair man ofa mild or choleric dispo sition mariied or a bachelor wiih many other particulars that conduce very much to thc grat ification or displeasure of him who knows to i mostwillingly the hl.cluse wc have just opened a late london examiner which brings an extraordinary case before the public in relation to a more remote branch of the royal family than those of whom we have bcen speaking the editor states that he litis seen a regular succession of documents which have fully convinced him that thc late duke of cumberland a brother of george iii was actu ally married to a clergyman's daughter previous ly to his acknowledged union with mrs horton , that a child was born of this first marriage which was of course legal thc act of parliament quote tl above not having been then passed ; that it wan solemnly agreed for reasons of slate not to diiv e lose the marriage ancl its fruits during the lib time of the late king ; and that the ollspring of the marriage if living is entitled to the same princely honors as are enjoyed by the daoghtci ofthe late duke of gloucester who married the e emntcss of waldcgrave the documents tho london editor says are signed with thc uamtt of the clergyman in question who it is observed married his child to the duke â€” ofthe late earl of warwick as having been present at the mar riage ancl privy to the birth â€” of the late earl of hai hum â€” and not to mention another still mote curious of his royal highness the late duke of kent ; who writes a little before his death that he will see his cousin righted if he recover the illness under which hc is lhen laboring â€” what renders these documents the more stri king is that a formidable mystery of junius is closely concerned in them ancl certainly there ii u passage in one of his letters which woulel seem to be explained by tlie fact thev profess to re cord since reading this article wc have turn ed over the pages of junius and find attached to n 102 of his miscellaneous letters which was addressed to the duke of cumberland on his piariiage with col luttrcll's sister mr horton who was thc daughter of lord carhampton a note which was hist wiittcn by junius and in scrteel in woodfall's public advertiser announ cing ihis marriage in this note junius says - " it is now happily for this country within the limits of possibility thai a luttiell may be kin cl great-britain " fhom the natioval uft_.tyloshcj.lt on the slave trade no iv subscribe and shall proceed to put my readers in possession of such facts relative to myself as may give the readers of these essays an interest iq their perusal i should in the first number have given this biographical sketch of myself but unconscious of the reception with which it would meet 1 was inclined like a judicious commander to take the most eligible station at thc commencement ; but since seeing your note to " correspondents i am inspired vvith confidence to make the attempt suppose then to yourself one whose years bave imperceptibly rolled away in the various avocations not of a man of business but of fdsh ion ; and whose looking-glass does not begin to create unpleasant sensations though at the same time it reminds him that there is an end to all thc consideration of the slave trade and means of prevention continued it is well known that in the year 1807 con gress passed a law to prohibit the introduction of slaves into thc united states to take effect on the 1st day of january 1808 before which pe riod congress were restrained by a prohibitory clause in the constitution from passing such a law this law was found to be very defective and inefficient a supplemental law was passed in april 1818 to remedy the defects of the for mer law from the still existing defects in the laws or ol their defective execution or from the difliciiiiy of fully executing any law on the sub ject solely by fines penalties anel forfeitures or perhaps from ihosc combined causes american capital ships anel citizens continued io be em ployed in this traffic ancl even to increase in amount and extent on the 3d of march 1819 another act was passed on this subject authori sing the president to employ the armed vessels of tbe united states to cruise on the coasts of thc united states and africa and elsewhere to prevent the slave trade ; and extending the bounty for the capture of vessels and for the release of the slaves found on board ; and to the previous measures which had been adopted on this subject adds this additional new and important one to wit authorizing the president to appoint an agent or agents on lhc coast of africa for receiving the persons of color delivered from on board ves vels seized in prosecution of the slave trade by commanders of the u s armed vessels when taken on tbc coast of africa ; anel for the remo val of such as shall be brought or taken within the u slates to their care ; ancl providing for the safe keeping ancl support of those who shall bc so delivered to thc agents in execution ol this part of the law the president appointed sam uel liacon and john p haiikson agents for the purposes above mentioned the ship elizabeth which sailed from new-york in february last was chartered by the government of the united states to convey lhc agents to afiica and directions were given them to select and procure a suitable situation on that coast for ibe receiving safe keeping ami supporting the raptured africans who should be delivered to them under tlie orders or authority of the united sutes and in or der ii enable the agents to provieii and prepare proper accommodations fur he siipjw.it protec tion ami comfort f such u.-f*i a.'k.vs a vho.m the tastkrn maine altous thc british icing's popularity says the editor of the ccntincl bus not materially lessened so we think it has not materially diminished fifteen years ago a com mon toast in england was " the prince of h'ales may he never want a father â€” he is vai-ly as popular now lis he was then j except that then he bad sonic credit lor polit ical consistency and for fidelity in his political attach ments sine that he has shewn that be can discard all bis earliest and firmest political friends friends that l^id supported him for more than thirty years rather than give 14 an adulterous connexion uith the wife cit the lord of thc be d-chamber â€” since that Â«'\ nt his political und mor al character have stood about on a level ami since that time lis popiilaril has not materially diminished things i am too old to be an exquisite or a yoxcomb ; yet not old enough to sigh over thc past i was like thc hero of don quixote once belightcti with the company of the fair sex ; but disappointed love has blunted my taste â€” as hor ace says co in of chancetty when mr erskine was one day pressing 1 thc case ofa client with great earnestness hi the court of king's bench lord ellcnborough a little provoked nt h's perseverance durum est ainure durior est amarc et rem amari sed diirissirouni omnium est non frui se amata observed to him that his client might carry his case into chancery has your lordship replied mr erskine the heart to send a feuoio-creaturtt there ? the force of mr erskine's observation will be understood from tbe cast of sir watkin lewis he has a case now ir the high court of chancery that has been pending 47 years thirty years ago the present lord chancellor acted as counsellor for lntii in tbc court of exchequer â€” the prop erty which he will be cnti'.le-il to receive when the case is decided is g35,0o0 sterling in the mean time sir watkin is a prisoner for debt in the fleet prison the last time the cose was mentioned in chancery the noble lord told him that his upper to the house of lords should be laid before the committee of appeal with all possible dispatch he has another case 4 the court of exchequer in which lit has property to the amount of 7sfiq0 â– about one-tenth of ihs sum would relieve him from his tt may easily be conceived that such a man has experienced ab the vicissitudes of life â€” with these his account must necessarily be filled ancl it would be much more possible for him to spend his life as a recluse than bask in thc gaudy sun shine of the butterfly as a time will come when the fire of youth will decay â€” the warmth of friendship succeed to the flame of love and the glow formerly arising from the relish for society survive the ardent pursuit of retired pleasure such a man will certainly be thc hero of his tale â€¢ s will as his domain there will naturally be lather more distance and retirement in his habits even though remaining in the midst of the world than there was when he was an actor rather than :Â« looker-on ; and although prone to telling his own tale hc vvill have learnt enough from bis previous intercourse vvith the world how to listen and how to observe embarrassments the lives of his wife and daughter have fallen a sacrifice to the vexations of this long suit in chancery lhc letter of thc duke lo which this note is added is dated nov 13 1771 ; and the communi i ation wa most likely published about the same time in letter 6f however of the regular se ries of junius in which be is extremely bitter upon the duke on account of this matriagc he says upon his own vehement ipse dixit that â€¢' .. luitreli sfriu never succeed to the crown uf i-'ii land this pul-lta rt'c was dated kwejtnfcieti '# Â» i must next state the reasons v.hv i have with drawn myself from the busy turmoils of a noisy world : when quite young i left my parents for the purpose of earning my bread by t^ie sweat of my bi'oiy though not th.fa.-t i had rnmjrif-ted my collegiate studies as well its having ob'aiticd m ' 4